Cytokinesis
looks different in all creatures yet it is always beautifulů

Escherichia
coli(Bacteria)Expressing
FtsZ-GFP in addition to its native copy, undergoing division
on nutrient agar on a microscope slide. To visualize the
cell surface, it has been stained with FM4-64, a red fluorescent
vital membrane dye. Sun, Q. and Margolin, W. (1998) FtsZ
dynamics during the division cycle of live Escherichia
coli cells. The
Journal of Bacteriology, 180: 2050-2056.

Schizosaccharomyces
pombe
(Fission Yeast)The cells are expressing GFP-tubulin as well
as GFP-nuclear-pore-protein.
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